Geneva - "Jerusalem" dot com - Minister of Labor Nasri Abu Jaish participated in the meeting of the International Labor Organization's Board of Directors, held in Geneva, to discuss the document on the Enhanced Development Cooperation Program for the occupied Arab territories and the third decent work program for the years 2023-2026.

In his speech at the meeting, Abu Jaish stressed the importance of the program covering 4 main axes, namely: focusing on creating sustainable job opportunities for youth and women, supporting the inspection system, occupational safety and health, supporting the establishment of a national center for occupational safety and health, and focusing on reactivating the Social Security Institution and supporting protection The fourth axis focuses on Israeli violations against Palestinian workers inside Israeli establishments, in terms of freedom of movement, especially at the crossings, breaches of occupational health and safety requirements in Israeli establishments, the phenomenon of permit brokers, and workers’ pension rights within the 1948 lands. Since 1970.

He pointed out that the program proposed by the State of Palestine was unanimously supported, except that Israel objected to the third axis, and its objection was not taken into account.

On the sidelines of the meeting, Abu Jaish met with the Director General of the International Labor Organization Gilbert Hongbo, the Qatari Minister of Labor, and the ambassadors of the Arab countries present in Geneva, and discussed with them the mechanism for adopting these axes. .